One of the biggest moments of this year's G20 in Osaka is expected to be the meeting of US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping early on Saturday morning.
Speaking to journalists on Friday, Trump said he hadn't promised Xi that he would hold off on increasing tariffs if the Chinese leader met with him in Japan.
“We’ll see what happens and what comes out of it,” Trump said. “It will be a very exciting day, I’m sure. A lot of people are talking about it.”
Whether the bilateral talks on Saturday will help resolve the raging trade war between the US and China is anyone's guess.
According to a Wall Street Journal report on Thursday, Xi is planning to present Trump with a list of preconditions before any trade deal can be agreed to.
They include contested issues such as the removal of the US ban on selling to Chinese tech giant Huawei, as well as the lifting of tariffs by the Trump administration.
CNN has not been able to independently confirm the reporting. Speaking on Thursday, Ministry of Commerce spokesman Gao Feng said China won't accept a "unilateral trade bully."